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San Francisco public comment split after consultant proposal to shrink police districts
Summary
Public commenters praised a focus on patrols and technology but many urged the city not to abandon neighborhood stations — particularly in the Tenderloin, Ingleside and Park areas — and demanded broader outreach to non‑English communities and pilots before any closures.
Public testimony at the joint Public Safety Committee / Police Commission hearing sharply split between support for modernizing the department and fears that station consolidation would damage neighborhood policing.
Multiple speakers from the Tenderloin, Ingleside and Visitation Valley urged officials not to close local stations. David Villalobos of the Community Leadership Alliance described the Tenderloin captain and station as central to sustained community engagement: “We don’t want to lose our Tenderloin Police…
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